English homophones
rained/reigned
"rained" (#19,430 written frequency) beats "reigned" (#23,970) in this 2-word /ɹeɪnd/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ɹeɪnd/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "rained" leads at #19,430, with "reigned" trailing at #23,970.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "rained" is 6 letters, "reigned" is 7; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across rained, reigned: deinr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
rained
6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCVC
Inventory adeinr · private a
reigned
7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVVCCVC
Inventory deginr · private g
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "rained" when you mean: simple past and past participle of rain
- Write "reigned" when you mean: simple past and past participle of reign
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "rained" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #19,430 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: Rome · roam. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "rained, reigned" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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